Rock Island 1911 Tactial or Match Grade?

[crossfire]

Looking to buy RIA 1911. Any one out there have a RIA Match Grade? and how do you like it. Is the Match Grade worth the extra bucks over the Tactial?

[Guest CK1]

I've never seen a "Match Grade" RIA other than on the Armscor site, I'm not sure if they import it...

As for the RIA Tactical, it's worth every penny, very nice balance between being tight enough to really be accurate, yet loose enough to actually run (which isn't always true of many 1911's no matter what they cost). Bellshire Hardware in Nashville on Dickerson Pike usually has 'em for around $430 or so, don't know how you can beat that much gun for the money in a 1911.

[BryanP]

I bought a tactical last year. Very nice gun for the $. The only thing I didn't like was the plain black sights, which I have recently replaced with a set of Fusion 3-dot adjustable sights.

I haven't seen a Match anywhere. If someone has one I'd like to see it just out of curiosity.

[Donkey]

I picked up a rock island 1911 tactical from bellshire about a year ago, it has the nickel finish. It shoots everything I have fed through it, 1000 rounds or so without issue. A great value for the money. I think the match gives you upgraded sights, hand fitting and dehorned slide/frame. They seem to be pretty hard to find, buy both! RIA match review here The M-1911 Pistols Organization E-zine

[eapking]

I would not worry about the match issue. Might be kind of moot anyway. RIA is a good way to get into the 1911 format.

[crossfire]

Thanks for the replies. I may have to go with the RIA Tactical, can't get my hands on a Match.

[molonlabetn]

I've got a RIA Tactical... Shot the heck out of it, then went through it with a Clark compensated match barrel, Cylinder and Slide internals* and Wolff springs and it's a 100% reliable naildriver that can best 1911s which cost 3x more. Personally, I would never buy an expensive 1911 unless I just wanted the name.

*Thanks to Jeff at Hero Gear

[crossfire]

I picked up a rock island 1911 tactical from bellshire about a year ago, it has the nickel finish. It shoots everything I have fed through it, 1000 rounds or so without issue. A great value for the money. I think the match gives you upgraded sights, hand fitting and dehorned slide/frame. They seem to be pretty hard to find, buy both! RIA match review here The M-1911 Pistols Organization E-zine

Donkey

+1 I like the way you think! Yesterday I talked to a dealer that had a two tone RIA Tactical and we worked a trade for a Walther I had. Then I found a RIA 1911 Match on the Net today and it should be here next week.

Also thanks for the great link

[Guest Orionsic]

Match > Tactical

More gun for the buck, over cool.

[crossfire]

Match > Tactical

More gun for the buck, over cool.

We will see. I picked up the RIA Tactical and should get the RIA Match next week. So far the only down side to the Tactical is the sights. A set of 3-dot combat sights (for these old eyes) would have been nice. Other than that the RIA 1911 Tactical is a great gun for the price.

[Guest tightwadding]

I've been thinking about getting a RIA 1911. Are the frames steel or alloy?

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Santa got my son a Clark Custom comped barrel for XMAS

and it made his RI 1911 a fine shooter. I may be looking

for a rock next time.

[crossfire]

Santa got my son a Clark Custom comped barrel for XMAS

and it made his RI 1911 a fine shooter. I may be looking

for a rock next time.

I just picked up my RIA 1911 FS Match, the extra $$$ over the Tactical is money well spent.

[crossfire]

Hope I didn't screw this up too bad, first time posting pictures.

http://

[Guest 70below]

Nice! I'd like to see a range report!

[crossfire]

Nice! I'd like to see a range report!

Yea, I have a new RIA 1911 Tactical that needs some range time also.

Maybe if it stops raining for a day or two next week I can try them out.